HAR KI DOON TREK (March-April 2019)

Me and my friend Amit Burman had been talking, for quite some time, of doing some trek on our own using guides and porters (before going to some backpack trip to Europe or some other place). After discussing several options including Pawali Kanta, we zeroed down on Har Ki doon trek. In connection with our proposed backpack trip to Europe, I spoke to Balbir Singh Dasila who also showed interest in doing this trek. Accordingly, on 14thMarch 2019, which was about two weeks before the departure date, we booked our train tickets to and from Dehradoon as per the common dates suitable to all of us. At the last moment, my nephew (sister’s son) Ayush Jindal also chipped in, who travelled by bus to Dehradoon as he could not get train booking.

Day 0 : 27.03.2019 Wednesday

At about 10.50 pm, I reached New Delhi Railway station by Uber cab. Our coach was B6. Amit also reached at about 11.20 pm. But Balbir got late as his cab met with a minor accident on the way. He made it just in the nick of time and reached inside the train at about 11.45 pm.

At 11.50 pm, our train (Nanda Devi Express) started from .......

Meghalaya - Cherrapunji Dawki Darrang Mawlynnong - Shillong Trip (December 2018)

Meghalaya – the land of living root bridges, caves and waterfalls !

I had been planning to break away for a few days from the polluted environment of Delhi. So, I browsed about few places on the internet and ultimately zeroed down upon Meghalaya in the North East part of India where the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Shillong (Meghalaya’s capital) was being shown by the AirVisual mobile App around 60-70 as compared to about 300 in Delhi !

I discussed with my fiend Amit Burman and he was ready, as ever, to take this adventure cum excursion trip. So, we booked our air tickets and finalised a driver who was to pick us from Gauhati Airport and drop us back there after taking us to different places in Meghalaya wherever we wanted to, as our programme was flexible. His name was Sameer (9101438016) . He was referred to me by a friend Geeta who had done Meghalaya trip solo recently in October 2018 with him. (This about 24 year boy turned out to be very helpful and even booked accommodation for us in Cherrapunji and Dawki on our behalf).    ..................